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. >> let's get to julie wright. she has the latest on our on- time traffic. good morning. >> we'll get back to julie wright in just a few minutes. >>> news of a police chase that started in district heights, maryland and crossed into the district, i fired. that is what led to the saskatoon you just saw there in that video. prince george's county police have been chasing suspects accused in an armed carjacking. two vehicles were involved. the suspects in the honda reportedly bail the out at 31st and g streets in southeast d.c. they apparently got into a shootout with police officers. nobody was hurt. two suspects were arrested. police are still look identifying burgundy toyota avalon with maryland license plates. >>> also making headlines being homes in a virginia subdivision reduced to rubble. now, firefighters want to know what started this massive fire in manassas. as many as 16 people have been forced from their homes because of this fire. the fire broke out around 3:30 yesterday afternoon along tillot loop. one woman was taken to the hospital from just th
. >> let's get to julie wright. she has the latest on our on- time traffic. good morning. >> we'll get back to julie wright in just a few minutes. >>> news of a police chase that started in district heights, maryland and crossed into the district, i fired. that is what led to the saskatoon you just saw there in that video. prince george's county police have been chasing suspects accused in an armed carjacking. two vehicles were involved. the suspects in the honda reportedly...
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. >> i'm surprised that julie wright is actually wearing sleeves today. you look like you're ready for fall. >> somebody told me this morning that it was -- the temperature was supposed to drop today so that is why. i've been waiting all week to wear this and now i need to wear it again tomorrow. don't tell anybody. >> it will be our secret. >> the lane are open if you're traveling the top side, outer loop leaving college park towards the exit for 270. no problems reported now at the wilson bridge. overall quiet trip there. overnight construction on the beltway in tyson's headed down towards the exit there at 66, all of that is in the process of being cleared and reopened along m street here at south capital street. no problems reported on 295 at the 11th street bridge or pennsylvania avenue at the sousa bridge. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we do have breaking news this morning. a deadly crash in district heights involving an suv and a prince george's county ambulance. three people in the suv were killed. two medics are being treated
. >> i'm surprised that julie wright is actually wearing sleeves today. you look like you're ready for fall. >> somebody told me this morning that it was -- the temperature was supposed to drop today so that is why. i've been waiting all week to wear this and now i need to wear it again tomorrow. don't tell anybody. >> it will be our secret. >> the lane are open if you're traveling the top side, outer loop leaving college park towards the exit for 270. no problems...
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i think julie wright will be pleased. we'll be right in this neighborhood later today with high temperatures just a few degrees over 85, maybe 87, 88 in a few spots as we await the arrival of a cold front. our winds will pick up today out of the south at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. i menned there will be a little more humidity than yesterday as well. a little more summery out there. currently, mild, 69 at reagan national. 63 in quantico. 70 in annapolis. that is the warm spot. 50s off to the north and west. in frederick, we are 57. looking at our satellite-radar, you can see the cloud cover stream. >>ing in here. more clouds in the forecast today. mostly cloudy by this afternoon after a little morning sunshine. here is our frontal system. the warm front this morning. this frontal system is missing a frame here but it has the possibility of bringing us a few rain showers. maybe a thunderstorm later tonight. keep our finners crossed we are able to squeeze out a little rain. this is really our only chance over the next se
i think julie wright will be pleased. we'll be right in this neighborhood later today with high temperatures just a few degrees over 85, maybe 87, 88 in a few spots as we await the arrival of a cold front. our winds will pick up today out of the south at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. i menned there will be a little more humidity than yesterday as well. a little more summery out there. currently, mild, 69 at reagan national. 63 in quantico. 70 in annapolis. that is the warm spot. 50s off to the...
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julie wright has your latest on traffic. what we're talking about right now would be the fog and we are tealing with that especially over in prince george's county east of the city. be careful if you are traveling between andrews air force base and your exits there in landover. no incidents to report right now top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. southbound # 70, again, awe little bit of that fog is starting to roll in over on to the west side of town. this is a live shot coming south of 118 headed out towards mva. overnight roadwork at 124 cleared so no problems there. overnight roadwork still in place on the beltway at 66. that is where they were diverting traffic westbound. 395 coming across the 14th street bridge, nice and ease you right now with no incidents reported. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> our big story, investigators back on the scene of a defense -- devastating fire in manassas. three homes burned and still unclear what started the fire. firefighters say it will lik
julie wright has your latest on traffic. what we're talking about right now would be the fog and we are tealing with that especially over in prince george's county east of the city. be careful if you are traveling between andrews air force base and your exits there in landover. no incidents to report right now top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda. southbound # 70, again, awe little bit of that fog is starting to roll in over on to the west side of town. this is a live...
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. >> let's check in with julie wright. she has the latest on traffic for us. >> if you are traveling northbound i-95 north of i-195 but before you reach 695, that is where we had the accident activity tying up the two right lanes. georgia accident at -- georgia avenue at norbeck, they were checking for an dent here. 395 across the 14th street bridge being lanes are open. no incidents to report crossing the potomac river. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> our big story, repealing don't ask, don't tell. later today, the senate is going to vote on the pentagon's policy. for more, we turn to fox 5's stacy cohan live on capitol hill this morning. >> reporter: good morning. both president obama and the defense secretary robert gates do support ending the don't ask don't tell policy but the big question here on capitol hill is how will the senators vote. don't ask don't tell allows gays and lesbians to serve in the military but not openly. in may of this year, the house of representatives voted to repeal the ban.
. >> let's check in with julie wright. she has the latest on traffic for us. >> if you are traveling northbound i-95 north of i-195 but before you reach 695, that is where we had the accident activity tying up the two right lanes. georgia accident at -- georgia avenue at norbeck, they were checking for an dent here. 395 across the 14th street bridge being lanes are open. no incidents to report crossing the potomac river. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> our...
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. >> let's check in with julie wright. she has the latest on the traffic situation out there. >> good morning to you all. we are talking about loudoun county. before a serious crash that popped up on us along route 9 out at hamilton station road. we are told that the highway is blocked off in each direction. that is route 9 at hamilton station road currently closed because of an accident. for those that are traveling along northbound i-95 here in lorton, nice, easy commute continuing up towards the beltway. no problems to report on the beltway leading annandale to merrifield and you will fine that traveling at the wilson bridge, all lanes are open and traffic is running smoothly there. top side of beltway, the outer loop as you work your way around from 650 new hampshire avenue and continue to silver spring, light traffic volume there as well. you will find lanes are open coming southbound as you travel from 109 out towards the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> it appears the east coast will avoid th
. >> let's check in with julie wright. she has the latest on the traffic situation out there. >> good morning to you all. we are talking about loudoun county. before a serious crash that popped up on us along route 9 out at hamilton station road. we are told that the highway is blocked off in each direction. that is route 9 at hamilton station road currently closed because of an accident. for those that are traveling along northbound i-95 here in lorton, nice, easy commute...
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julie wright. >> also love the taste of chocolate pie with whipped cream. not allowed to talk about that. >> that sounds good. >> # 70 is busy slowing and approaching 109 -- 270 is busy. a nice easy ride right here, southbound 9 looking great, no problems to report leaving randolph road headed out towards university boulevard. central avenue at 123, they are checking for a crash at that location. 395 across the 14th street bridge, all lanes are open, no incidents to report. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> get ready to share the roadwaylet more bikes as today d.c. and arlington launch capital bike share with 1100 bicycles and 114 stayings around the area. it is bills as the largest such program in the country. rider can pick up a bike at any station an return it to any other station. for information on how much it costs to ride and where the stayings are, go to our web site at myfoxdc.com and search on web links. >>> shop and restaurant owners inside union station might be getting a tax break from the d.c. sun sill as lawmaker
julie wright. >> also love the taste of chocolate pie with whipped cream. not allowed to talk about that. >> that sounds good. >> # 70 is busy slowing and approaching 109 -- 270 is busy. a nice easy ride right here, southbound 9 looking great, no problems to report leaving randolph road headed out towards university boulevard. central avenue at 123, they are checking for a crash at that location. 395 across the 14th street bridge, all lanes are open, no incidents to report....
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people like julie wright are going to return this. it is a return to the 90 -- 90s for perhaps a lot time this year. 80 at reagan national. 80 at dulles. bwi marshall only made it up to 77 degrees. they'll do better than that today, i'll tell you that much. here is a look at the current temperatures around the region. we are 68 degrees. 68 here in washington. 68 degrees in quantico. up in baltimore it is 62 degrees. 71 in winchester. salisbury, maryland, is at 63 degrees. let's take a look at the next map. here it is. this is your satellite radar for the region. you can see that we are pretty much cloud-free right here. we have clear skies and we'll have a lot of sunshine again today. we talk about the possibility of some rain late today and during the nighttime hours. that's because of the frontal boundary. now we have some models that tucker and i have looked at that don't bring much precipitation into our region and in fact that's what we think will happen. most of you won't see rain. but there is about a 30% chance of some rain sh
people like julie wright are going to return this. it is a return to the 90 -- 90s for perhaps a lot time this year. 80 at reagan national. 80 at dulles. bwi marshall only made it up to 77 degrees. they'll do better than that today, i'll tell you that much. here is a look at the current temperatures around the region. we are 68 degrees. 68 here in washington. 68 degrees in quantico. up in baltimore it is 62 degrees. 71 in winchester. salisbury, maryland, is at 63 degrees. let's take a look at...
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. >> julie wright is with us with those details. how is it looking out there? >> not good at all, ladies and tony. if you are traveling eastbound i-70, a fuel spill occurred after the exit for 29. eastbound i-70 is still closed at this point while clean-up continues. new wreck to report on the inner loop of the beltway before you commit to go northbound on 270 at democracy boulevard. this one possibly involving awe jackknifed tractor-trailer. behind me, this is the northbound side of i-95 approaching dumfries. accident activity involving this tractor-trailer. two right lanes are closed at this point. already traffic stacking up out of stafford headed northbound along i-95. two separate accidents now reported in virginia, eastbound 66 before you reach marshall and then before the plains. the pounding of the water, on the left, on the right side of the rooted, in the cent are of the road, it is a mess out there. people are driving too fast at this hour. even though we don't have a lot of volume out there, people are driving too fast to control the vehicle. do kee
. >> julie wright is with us with those details. how is it looking out there? >> not good at all, ladies and tony. if you are traveling eastbound i-70, a fuel spill occurred after the exit for 29. eastbound i-70 is still closed at this point while clean-up continues. new wreck to report on the inner loop of the beltway before you commit to go northbound on 270 at democracy boulevard. this one possibly involving awe jackknifed tractor-trailer. behind me, this is the northbound side...
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let's check in with julie wright. she has a look at traffic. >> as long as it doesn't happen during rush hour. we have to be specific with mother nature. only certain hours, certain times of the day and certain days of the week. >> you will find the lanes are open. overnight roadwork picked up off of 270 as you travel southbound merging off of 124 onto 270. that is running smoothly now leaving msmght va and continuing out to the lane divide -- that is running smoothly now leaving mva and continuing out to the lane divide. overnight roadwork if the hot lanes as you travel between 66 and tyson's now cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, tons of belongings just dumped out on the street. >> a d.c. woman is being kicked out of her home for allegedly not paying her bills. matt ackland join us live with the details on this one. >> reporter: good morning. eloise diaz, this is all of her stuff. as you were saying, yesterday, shefers kicked oust her home, evicted. she lost her job. take a
let's check in with julie wright. she has a look at traffic. >> as long as it doesn't happen during rush hour. we have to be specific with mother nature. only certain hours, certain times of the day and certain days of the week. >> you will find the lanes are open. overnight roadwork picked up off of 270 as you travel southbound merging off of 124 onto 270. that is running smoothly now leaving msmght va and continuing out to the lane divide -- that is running smoothly now leaving...
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let's get to on-time traffic with julie wright. >> all right. we are talking about a crash that occurred along 301 at clymer drive. that has been cleared so the road is open. here at the american legion bridge, traffic republicans smoothly coming from montgomery county out towards tyson's. no problems to report off the inner loop leaving tyson around towards 270. you are up to speed on 395 coming northbound from the beltway. no trouble spots to report headed out towards the 14th street bridge. 95 traffic behaving nicely dale city to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> a reminder about a traffic alert for for one. the busiest commuter routes in the district a new traffic configuration is in place to the 14th street bridge. the left shoulder is closed for the entire length of the bridge. all four lanes have shifted to the right of the construction barrier. it is all part of the ongoing rehab project on the bridge that should finish in the fall of 2011. >>> it took more than 40 years to build but the fairfax
let's get to on-time traffic with julie wright. >> all right. we are talking about a crash that occurred along 301 at clymer drive. that has been cleared so the road is open. here at the american legion bridge, traffic republicans smoothly coming from montgomery county out towards tyson's. no problems to report off the inner loop leaving tyson around towards 270. you are up to speed on 395 coming northbound from the beltway. no trouble spots to report headed out towards the 14th street...
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julie wright is in with a look at traffic. i guess the we had wet roads may slow some people down a bit later this morning. >> already some problems to report as you travel in southeast washington, inbound south capital street before you commit to the douglass bridge. accident activity there tying up the two left lanes. heads up coming in leaving howard road and all of us headed inbound towards the anacostia. no problems to report right here as you make your way in from centreville. still an easy ride in spite of the wet pavement. in spite of the road spray. no incidents to report. no problems to report on the beltway traveling between annandale and merrifield. 95 off to a quiet start, incident-free newington to the beltway. traveling over in greenbelt, you will find lane are open headed around towards i-95 and college park. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, a number of cattle are dead after a fire ate livestock facility in northern virginia. it happened last night at the fauquie
julie wright is in with a look at traffic. i guess the we had wet roads may slow some people down a bit later this morning. >> already some problems to report as you travel in southeast washington, inbound south capital street before you commit to the douglass bridge. accident activity there tying up the two left lanes. heads up coming in leaving howard road and all of us headed inbound towards the anacostia. no problems to report right here as you make your way in from centreville. still...
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let's check in with julie wright now with the latest on the traffic. a little bit of fog to deal with. >> oh, so you did hear that that. >> i did hear that. but then there was about 10 seconds of my life that i tonight know where i went. sometimes that happens when tucker talks. >> sometimes that happens on a friday night. foggy conditions on the beltway traveling between route 4 pennsylvania avenue and through the exits and interchanges there in landover. be prepared for that this morning. not so bad right here at the american legion bridge. both the outer and uner loop rolling at speed. i note id more of a foggy commute as i hit the beltway and continued through bethesda and coming south on georgia avenue. that is where i noticed a lot of the fog and continuing eastbound out towards new hampshire avenue. no incident to report. here we are live. this is kenilworth avenue headed into d.c. no incidents along this stretch between the beltway and the d.c. line. all lanes are open as you travel from eastern avenue back up towards 495. that's a check of you
let's check in with julie wright now with the latest on the traffic. a little bit of fog to deal with. >> oh, so you did hear that that. >> i did hear that. but then there was about 10 seconds of my life that i tonight know where i went. sometimes that happens when tucker talks. >> sometimes that happens on a friday night. foggy conditions on the beltway traveling between route 4 pennsylvania avenue and through the exits and interchanges there in landover. be prepared for that...
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julie wright. >> we are not letting go of summer. on the roads, you will find the lanes are open as you continue to work your way around northbound i-95 out of springfield headed up towards the capital beltway. light traffic volume joining us this morning. still an easy commute from the beltway out to the 14th street bridge. overnight construction on the beltway between annandale and merrifield has cleared. no problems reported as you travel in from the west off of 66. this is the camera angle from the beltway so this is going outbound in the direction of nutley street and the overnight roadwork picked up now so the lane are open as you continue out towards fair oaks. coming eastbound, no problems reported leaving manassas. it is still quiet passing business 234 continuing in towards fair oaks and no problems leaving vienna towards the beltway. the dulles toll road at speed leaving the greenway continuing in towards the beltway. this is over in greenbelt, the beltway here at 201 kenilworth avenue. the inner loop head southbound back
julie wright. >> we are not letting go of summer. on the roads, you will find the lanes are open as you continue to work your way around northbound i-95 out of springfield headed up towards the capital beltway. light traffic volume joining us this morning. still an easy commute from the beltway out to the 14th street bridge. overnight construction on the beltway between annandale and merrifield has cleared. no problems reported as you travel in from the west off of 66. this is the camera...
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trying to find some more superlatives for it. >>> let's do some on-time traffic and julie wright. i got caught up in that beltway mess. >> oh, did you? >> they send you down connecticut. >> that's right. they do. you are absolutely right. outer loop, the traffic is being diverted off the beltway at connecticut. all of this is due in part to an accident that occurred about 10:00 last night. it involved a couple of vehicles and a tractor-trailer. when i came through about 0 minutes ago, all of the lanes are open on the inner loop. on the outer loop, they were spreading out the sand, the an osh sent if you will. the outer loop of the beltway blocked off at connecticut avenue. you take connecticut avenue, ride that ramp, come southbound to jones bridge. make a right turn on jones bridge road and can you travel northbound on 355. that will take you back up to the beltway. outer loop of the beltway, traffic being diverted off here at connecticut avenue. already starting to see some delays form as you continue westbound around 495 coming west of georgia avenue. do make note of that. on t
trying to find some more superlatives for it. >>> let's do some on-time traffic and julie wright. i got caught up in that beltway mess. >> oh, did you? >> they send you down connecticut. >> that's right. they do. you are absolutely right. outer loop, the traffic is being diverted off the beltway at connecticut. all of this is due in part to an accident that occurred about 10:00 last night. it involved a couple of vehicles and a tractor-trailer. when i came through...
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. >>> julie wright is in this morning. what is the latest out there? >> right now, it is pretty quiet. an easy ride around the capital beltway. that is to be expected at this hour. crews are in the process of picking up construction left out there overnight. for example, southbound along 270 being the crew was working along the right side here at montgomery village avenue. the crew working northbound has also cleared the scene. no problems reported on northbound i-95. traffic behaving nicely out of woodbridge. you will find lanes are open in each direction at the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> vincent gray has toppled mayor adrian fenty in the democratic primary. the race for d.c. mayor. with 90% of the precincts reporting, gray won with 53% of the vote to fenty's 46%. >> this pretty much guarantees gray will be the next mayor of d.c. since there is no republican running in november's general election. matt ackland joins us live from the board of elections in northwest with more on this. >> reporter: good morning. you
. >>> julie wright is in this morning. what is the latest out there? >> right now, it is pretty quiet. an easy ride around the capital beltway. that is to be expected at this hour. crews are in the process of picking up construction left out there overnight. for example, southbound along 270 being the crew was working along the right side here at montgomery village avenue. the crew working northbound has also cleared the scene. no problems reported on northbound i-95. traffic...
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julie wright is here. she will have a look at traffic. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. n thkeac >>> welcome back. it will be a beautiful day for people to get outside no matter what you are going to do. >> no excuses as far as the weather goes. get outside and vote if have you the opportunity and it is your obligation to do that. what we've got across the region is plenty of sunshine. it will be a little bit breezy later on. right now, the wind are relatively calm. we've got changes in the temperatures at this hour. it is a comfortable morning, a little bit humid. 66degrees right now in washington. 6 # out in annapolis. 63 out in annapolis. most of us in the 60s. 61 at dulles airport. satellite-radar, i want to show you this to you for a couple of reasons. number one, we've got mostly clear skies but clouds are grinning to stream in. not a whole lot in the way of cloud cover. there is a frontal system that will be making its way through here during the course of the day today. you will feel the winds pick up and see the clouds come
julie wright is here. she will have a look at traffic. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. n thkeac >>> welcome back. it will be a beautiful day for people to get outside no matter what you are going to do. >> no excuses as far as the weather goes. get outside and vote if have you the opportunity and it is your obligation to do that. what we've got across the region is plenty of sunshine. it will be a little bit breezy later on. right now, the wind are relatively...
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and julie wright will be along to tell us what is happening with traffic. mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my cholesterol... and live with yourself. right. mmm, i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep every night over my arteries, but have yourself a bowl. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. ♪ >>> taking a look at some wet road out there this morning as the rain was falling and still a little wet. we'll get you there it. tony saying there will be a little bit more on the way. nothing like what they're dealing with in the midwest though where the flood waters are still rising. the wisconsin river has washed out roads in portage. >> a levee home depotting back the wisconsin river has already broken. people in the area were ordered to evacuate but not everybody did. a lot of
and julie wright will be along to tell us what is happening with traffic. mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my cholesterol... and live with yourself. right. mmm, i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep every night over my arteries, but have yourself a bowl. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios...
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julie wright has your look of traffic. >> we already have some problems to discuss. traveling northbound on 395 north of seminary road before king street, we have the latest crash there. it popped up on the left side of the road. i know it is difficult to see in the dark and around this curve. the variable message sign is forcing everybody to the right as you work out to the 14th street bridge. thankfully, they tia hour, traffic volume still working in our favor. that is northbound 395 north of seminary road. southbound 270 in great shape. no problems to report leaving gaithersburg headed for the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> making headline this morning, tonight ache virginia woman will be the first female in the commonwealth to be put to death in nearly a century. theresa lewis is scheduled to be put to death by lethal inject at 9:00 p.m. at a correctional facility in jarrett. she is sentenced to death for providing sex and money to two men who killed her husband and stepson in october of 2002. virginia governor bob mcdonnell has tu
julie wright has your look of traffic. >> we already have some problems to discuss. traveling northbound on 395 north of seminary road before king street, we have the latest crash there. it popped up on the left side of the road. i know it is difficult to see in the dark and around this curve. the variable message sign is forcing everybody to the right as you work out to the 14th street bridge. thankfully, they tia hour, traffic volume still working in our favor. that is northbound 395...
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we do a little dance. >> except for julie wright. she does not do the fall dance. >> what are you going to do? >> i have a hard time embracing it. >> thank you very much. >> do you like sweaters, julie. >> you break out the fall fashions. >> the fall fashion. [ laughter ] that's sweaters, gloves and mittens. >> we'll be team summer and they are team fall. >> thank you. i appreciate it. >>> southbound delays in rockville toward the lane divide no. accidents, just volume delays. inbound new york avenue at south dakota is where we have the crash trying up the center of the roadway and that will keep you on the brakes out of cheverly off of both 50 and the parkway. 395 across the 14th street bridge, all lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> the buzz bin, paris hiltons trouble. she is expected to be in court in las vegas today. she's agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor in connection with her arrest last month in laound drugs in her car. she'll be put on probation for a year. she as was charged with cokat
we do a little dance. >> except for julie wright. she does not do the fall dance. >> what are you going to do? >> i have a hard time embracing it. >> thank you very much. >> do you like sweaters, julie. >> you break out the fall fashions. >> the fall fashion. [ laughter ] that's sweaters, gloves and mittens. >> we'll be team summer and they are team fall. >> thank you. i appreciate it. >>> southbound delays in rockville toward the...
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let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright has the latest. >> a lot going on right now. the impact of that apartment fire can be seen along 16th street. sky fox is hovering over that right now. we have a portion of 16th street shut down in each direction between park road and columbia road. that will be the scene for quite some time now. for those coming southbound along 16th street, can you bail out at upsher and pick up a numbered street to avoid this mess here along 16th street. coming out of d.c. this morning, you will make a right turn onto u street. that will take you back over toward your numbered street. we'll take it back inside wind we'll update the ride elsewhere. no accidents to report, just volume delays as you travel pri interchanges. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> we have a warning for iphone users in the district. in recent week, there have been at least a dozen robberies involving phones. police say many of the robberies happened in georgetown mostly at night. others were in dupont circle and in the shaw neighborhood. in some case, thie
let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright has the latest. >> a lot going on right now. the impact of that apartment fire can be seen along 16th street. sky fox is hovering over that right now. we have a portion of 16th street shut down in each direction between park road and columbia road. that will be the scene for quite some time now. for those coming southbound along 16th street, can you bail out at upsher and pick up a numbered street to avoid this mess here along 16th street....
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julie wright will be along to take a look at traffic. fox 5 news will be right back. >>> take a look outside it capitol dome. beautiful shot right there. we do have a little bit of rain out there some some places. we'll talk that b. that. still dealing with some major flooding in the midwest. the wisconsin river poured into a rural neighborhood. the waters not expected to start receding until at least tomorrow. folks in south dakota also fighting waters from the big sioux river. parts of minnesota are now in recovery mode after days of flooding. >>> out west in california, they're dealing with a record heat wave. it is late september but the mercury showed temperatures up to 113 degrees in los angeles. this horn, temperature cut power to about 0,000 homes yesterday and also sparked several small wildfires across los angeles as well as orange county. >> they're getting such a late start to summer out there. it was in the 60s all through june. >> it is crazy. tucker was telling me that that 113-degree temperature in l.a. is the warmest it'
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for that, we go to julie wright. >> all right. better news unbound new york avenue. the stalled tractor-trailer we had mentioned at florida avenue has cleared owe the road has been reopened. suitland parkway inland at suitland road, we have problems there due to a water main break tying up the two right lanes in the outbound direction. inbound, you should find everything open. behind me the live shot of 270 with everybody coming southbound out of rockville. no problems reported on the top stretch. beltway between beth bethesda and college park. 197 and briar wood south of cherry hill, we have an accident reported. traffic slowing between the two 234 interchanges and again approaching fair oaks that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> a campaign volunteer accidentally crashed through a large plate glass window at hea take a listen as karen grey houston was guying a live update. >> those are people targeted by the -- oh, my gosh. don't get too frightened. somebody leaned again the glass and it broke out. >> a volunteer fell through a nine foot by nine foot win
for that, we go to julie wright. >> all right. better news unbound new york avenue. the stalled tractor-trailer we had mentioned at florida avenue has cleared owe the road has been reopened. suitland parkway inland at suitland road, we have problems there due to a water main break tying up the two right lanes in the outbound direction. inbound, you should find everything open. behind me the live shot of 270 with everybody coming southbound out of rockville. no problems reported on the top...
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for that we go to julie wright. >> it's going to be 86 tomorrow. tomorrow morning around 7:00 me and some other fox 5 friends are running a race in kensington tomorrow morning. >> you're running a race? >> they tell me there is food at the end of the race. >> defeats the purpose of running the race, julie, but okay. tomorrow morning 7:00? >> yes. yes. >> there will be some clouds around. we'll say 68 to 71 degrees, something like that. >> that's cool. >> maybe fog too. >> okay. i was out running yesterday at 2:00 in the afternoon i thought i was going to die. >> you shouldn't do that in the middle of the day in the 90s. >> i'm a beginner tony. >> don't do that. >> when do you run? >> i'm running right now! >> on the roads, you're going to find delays as you travel through this fog and head towards the lane divide. right now falls road, this is where we had the crash blocking the left lane. believe me there are local lanes in this camera. it's difficult to seam the local lanes are slowly moving past the accident scene. outer loop of the beltway slow
for that we go to julie wright. >> it's going to be 86 tomorrow. tomorrow morning around 7:00 me and some other fox 5 friends are running a race in kensington tomorrow morning. >> you're running a race? >> they tell me there is food at the end of the race. >> defeats the purpose of running the race, julie, but okay. tomorrow morning 7:00? >> yes. yes. >> there will be some clouds around. we'll say 68 to 71 degrees, something like that. >> that's cool....
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julie wright, what is the latest? >> i think you just jinxed us. >> i probably did. >> in problems reported on the beltway at the wilson bridge. that is in good shape. headed into the northeast washington, bw parkway and 50 also quiet this morning. but on 95, we are wrapping up this accident that occurred on the southbound side of the occoquan. that is in the propose she was being cleared. now, the pace is restored as you continue on the southbound side but northbound, that is where we have the heavy volume. before delays from dale see headed up towards the occoquan. we had slow traffic in the express lanes leaving the prince william parkway. westbound i-70 at 94 and woodbine we have reports of the tractor-trailer possibly overturned. i-70 at 94 shut down until further notice because of this crash. southbound 270 busy on the top side. we have delays approaching and passing 109. no incidents to report leaving germantown to the split. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new this morning, we're taking a loo
julie wright, what is the latest? >> i think you just jinxed us. >> i probably did. >> in problems reported on the beltway at the wilson bridge. that is in good shape. headed into the northeast washington, bw parkway and 50 also quiet this morning. but on 95, we are wrapping up this accident that occurred on the southbound side of the occoquan. that is in the propose she was being cleared. now, the pace is restored as you continue on the southbound side but northbound, that is...
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let's do on-time traffic with julie wright. >> all right. sarah simmons reporting live from the apartment fire taking place along 16th street in northwest washington. we do have a portion of the highway that remains closed off right now. we do have a portion of 16th blocked off from irving and columbia, at lost a part of it is. some neighborhood traffic able to get through at this point. there is an ongoing investigation. there is a lot of activity at the scene and again, sarah simmons is reporting live to bring you more details on that. until further notice, you want to plan on using georgia avenue as the alternative route coming out of downtown silver spring and headed into northwest. all lane are open south on 270 leaving 109 headed into germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> a faster trip is just one of the many promises amtrak is making to passengers. amtrak unveiled a plan that is so far-reaping it is even expected to make air travel less congested. the 0-year vision calls if a new zest track from b
let's do on-time traffic with julie wright. >> all right. sarah simmons reporting live from the apartment fire taking place along 16th street in northwest washington. we do have a portion of the highway that remains closed off right now. we do have a portion of 16th blocked off from irving and columbia, at lost a part of it is. some neighborhood traffic able to get through at this point. there is an ongoing investigation. there is a lot of activity at the scene and again, sarah simmons is...
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. >> lets he get a check now of traffic with julie wright. >> good morning to you. not looking so bad with all lanes open. you will find traffic running smoothly in each direction at the wilson bridge. the trip north between college park and bethesda, 95 is where they had lingering construction. no problems to report right now at the american legion bridge. traffic flowing freely between tyson's and bethesda. you will find the lanes are open close in on 66 working your way eastbound east of nutley street to the beltway. >>> vincent gray has won the democratic primary in the race for d.c. mayor. the d.c. council chairman beat out mayor adrian fenty who was running for re-election with 90% of precincts reporting now. gray winning 53 to 46%. now, gray's victory virtually fair tease he will be the next mayor of d.c. since there is no republican running in november's general election. matt ackland joins us with more. >> reporter: you are right. this basically guarantees that vincent gray will be the next mayor of the district of columbia. i know you just talked about a p
. >> lets he get a check now of traffic with julie wright. >> good morning to you. not looking so bad with all lanes open. you will find traffic running smoothly in each direction at the wilson bridge. the trip north between college park and bethesda, 95 is where they had lingering construction. no problems to report right now at the american legion bridge. traffic flowing freely between tyson's and bethesda. you will find the lanes are open close in on 66 working your way eastbound...
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let's do some on-time traffic with julie wright. >> inner loop. the beltway, lanes are open as you continue to work your way between 270, 95, college park. the crash occurred on the outer loop but from before this curve here, that is where the accident occurred involving a couple of vehicles. you will find traffic squeez by to the right on the outer loop. the beltway coming around from the mormon temple headed from bethesda. 66 in spite of the rain, no incidents to report as you continue eastbound from fair oaks to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> the vice president's official home, the naval observatory in northwest washington, is getting a security upgrade. the secret service is confirming the navy will install a 10-foot high security fence around its perimeter instead of the cable that is currently there. additional checkpoints will also be added. the secret service says the upgrades are not a response to any explicit threat. a$1.7million price tag has been set aside for that project. >>> you know the
let's do some on-time traffic with julie wright. >> inner loop. the beltway, lanes are open as you continue to work your way between 270, 95, college park. the crash occurred on the outer loop but from before this curve here, that is where the accident occurred involving a couple of vehicles. you will find traffic squeez by to the right on the outer loop. the beltway coming around from the mormon temple headed from bethesda. 66 in spite of the rain, no incidents to report as you continue...
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. >>> julie wright is standing by with a look at this early morning traffic. julie, good morning. >> good morning to you allison and steve. we're busy. checking for an accident on southbound i-95, leaving 644. no problems toward georgia. 95 busy toward lorton -- or laurel as you continue south of 198. southbound 29 good to go leaving randolph and busy approaching 109 and in germantown. no problems north of 7100, but it is southbound near 644 where we are checking for the accident. we'll keep you updated in the next report. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> a navy seal from our area has died in afghanistan. brendan loony was one of nine americans killed in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. he grew up in montgomery county. he played on the football team as a wide receiver and defensive back in the '90s. >> he was our cocaptain and just a great leader, great young man. just a super, super human being. >> he was born to be a navy seal. and sure enough, he gave his life in that -- being a navy seal. >> he leaves behind a wife, his parents
. >>> julie wright is standing by with a look at this early morning traffic. julie, good morning. >> good morning to you allison and steve. we're busy. checking for an accident on southbound i-95, leaving 644. no problems toward georgia. 95 busy toward lorton -- or laurel as you continue south of 198. southbound 29 good to go leaving randolph and busy approaching 109 and in germantown. no problems north of 7100, but it is southbound near 644 where we are checking for the...
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now let's get the latest on traffic with julie wright. >>> busy commute on the highways. new accident to report in virginia. inner loop of the beltway at braddock, tieing up the left side of the highway. delays from the springfield interchange. on the inner loop, slow right now as you continue to work your way from silver spring toward 95 college park. that's where we had the crash tieing up the right side of the highway. outer loop slows leaving 95 to georgia. 95 and the bw both congested out of laurel. checking for an incident north of 29 north of the beltway. in virginia, dale boulevard, gridlock traffic. northbound and the main line headed toward the occuquan. earlier accident cleared and the crash at route 1 and that accident moved to the shoulder. finding three 395, traffic low from the beltway toward the 14th street bridge with a few breaks along the way. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> our farms are far too independent on immigrant labor to pick our fruits and vegetables. the obvious answer is for us to stop eating fruits and vegetables. >> step
now let's get the latest on traffic with julie wright. >>> busy commute on the highways. new accident to report in virginia. inner loop of the beltway at braddock, tieing up the left side of the highway. delays from the springfield interchange. on the inner loop, slow right now as you continue to work your way from silver spring toward 95 college park. that's where we had the crash tieing up the right side of the highway. outer loop slows leaving 95 to georgia. 95 and the bw both...
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but that's a good idea. >>> let's look at traffic with julie wright now. it's 7:48. >> outer loop of the beltway slowing at 450. accident on the shoulder. delays from 95 to georgia avenue. inbound on new york avenue, traffic jammed up from the times building past bladensberg. more delays toward the 3rd street tunnel. and slow at the split, incident on the inner loop of the beltway working across the wilson bridge, tieing up the left lane in the local lanes. that's cleared, delays improved out of oxon hill. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> well holly is learning about chilean culture this morning. >> the country celebrating a major anniversary. holly, good morning. >> reporter: well if you consider 200 years major, yes. it is the bicentennial of the country chile and they are celebrating in the nation's capitol where parties are going on all week long. and they are by invite this morning and we've been invited and we're going to talk to the ambassador next on fox 5 morning news. u >>> this year chile celebrates it's bicent
but that's a good idea. >>> let's look at traffic with julie wright now. it's 7:48. >> outer loop of the beltway slowing at 450. accident on the shoulder. delays from 95 to georgia avenue. inbound on new york avenue, traffic jammed up from the times building past bladensberg. more delays toward the 3rd street tunnel. and slow at the split, incident on the inner loop of the beltway working across the wilson bridge, tieing up the left lane in the local lanes. that's cleared, delays...
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now let's get an update on traffic with julie wright. >>> a lot going on on the roads this morning. let's start off in maryland. southbound along 270 on the brakes out of germantown into rockville. the local lanes improving southbound toward falls road. the main line jammed up badly, germantown to the split. outer loop slow from route 1 college park. crash on the outer loop at 202 now cleared. bw parkway and 95 slow out of laurel down to the beltway. coming in through northeast washington, live shot of new york avenue at bladensberg road. slow toward the exit for the third street tunnel. all lanes are open in virginia. northbound 95 jammed up from springfield continuing northbound up to duke street before the pace improves. delays at the inner loop at 266. slow at 267 for the crash, two left lanes tied up. southbound 28, stay to the right to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> happening right now, a search for cows that may have died in a livestock fire in northern virginia. it happened at about 8:00 last night at the fauquier county stock exchange in marshall
now let's get an update on traffic with julie wright. >>> a lot going on on the roads this morning. let's start off in maryland. southbound along 270 on the brakes out of germantown into rockville. the local lanes improving southbound toward falls road. the main line jammed up badly, germantown to the split. outer loop slow from route 1 college park. crash on the outer loop at 202 now cleared. bw parkway and 95 slow out of laurel down to the beltway. coming in through northeast...
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i'll have all the details on that and julie wright will be in at some point and will have your on-time traffic for you coming up in just a couple of short minutes. busy office workers have been disrespecting lunch. and it's time someone did something about it. no need to be nervous. we're here to help. these are healthy choice fresh mixers and marie callender's homestyle creations. these guys actually allow you to prepare meals fresh. think of them as the lunchbox of the future. that's the sound of fresh taste. the noodles are separate from the sauce, but they desperately want to become friends. you cook the pasta, you strain it, you mix in the sauce, you'll find them in the canned pasta or soup aisle. did you hear me? the canned pasta or soup aisle. respect lunch! >>> welcome back. you know, it is a little chilly outside today but the thing is it is going to warm back up. so if you are still trying to get out from under the sheet today and i know it feels a little don't wor too much about it. it will feel warmer. >> my advice is hang out in bed a little bet. >> i did. i started to get
i'll have all the details on that and julie wright will be in at some point and will have your on-time traffic for you coming up in just a couple of short minutes. busy office workers have been disrespecting lunch. and it's time someone did something about it. no need to be nervous. we're here to help. these are healthy choice fresh mixers and marie callender's homestyle creations. these guys actually allow you to prepare meals fresh. think of them as the lunchbox of the future. that's the...
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we'll have the details on your forecast and julie wright is in with the traffic. all of that coming up after the break. hockey before school, so i take two eggo homestyle waffles and put peanut butter inside. [ whispering ] i add a couple chocolate chips when dad's starting the car. [ male announcer ] there's only one way to eat an eggo...your way. [ quinn ] l'eggo my eggo. [ louise ] my name is louise and this is my eggo. on tuesday i go in even earlier than usual. thank goodness for eggo, a...
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we'll have the detail on your hot and steamy forecast and julie wright will be in with a look at your on-time traffic. that is coming up in just a couple of minutes. busy office workers have been disrespecting lunch. and it's time someone did something about it. no need to be nervous. we're here to help. these are healthy choice fresh mixers and marie callender's homestyle creations. these guys actually allow you to prepare meals fresh. think of them as the lunchbox of the future. that's the sound of fresh taste. the noodles are separate from the sauce, but they desperately want to become friends. you cook the pasta, you strain it, you mix in the sauce, you'll find them in the canned pasta or soup aisle. did you hear me? the canned pasta or soup aisle. respect lunch! moh-ohm. max, first day... -do you have your lunch? -yes. and you know where your classroom is? uh huh. mom, i can walk from here. what about your... mom, i got it. ♪ [ female announcer ] they're never too big for a little something sweet. kellogg's rice krispies treats. >>> welcome back. by the way, fox 5 is teaming up
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now let's get an update on traffic with julie wright. >>> the crew in sky fox with us, on the outer loop as you approach i-95. northbound 495 toward the accident scene, now finding lanes are open as you continue on the outer loop toward new hampshire avenue. so again the accident before the exit for 95, multi vehicle crash with all lanes now open. you'll find they will exchange insurance information but on the meantime, the delays building from kenneth avenue. inner loop a brief stapping of the -- tapping of the brakes. 66 slow from nutley street to the beltway and delays from the two 234 interest changes in manassas. 195 in spotsylvania, a serious accident involving a tractor- trailer and horse trailer and lanes blocked on the north and southbound side of the interstate. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> more now on today's primary elections and our big focus as the voting begins is the d.c. mayor race. matt acland this morning is at a polling precinct in the northwest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. after months and months of campaigning, finally the polls ar
now let's get an update on traffic with julie wright. >>> the crew in sky fox with us, on the outer loop as you approach i-95. northbound 495 toward the accident scene, now finding lanes are open as you continue on the outer loop toward new hampshire avenue. so again the accident before the exit for 95, multi vehicle crash with all lanes now open. you'll find they will exchange insurance information but on the meantime, the delays building from kenneth avenue. inner loop a brief...
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now an update on traffic and for that we go to julie wright. >>> not so bad right now if you're at the wilson bridge. the inner loop of the beltway slowing leaving braddock toward 66. and the lanes are open. eastbound 66 tied up as you work in from the virginia visitor's center and nutley street to the beltway. delays on braddock eastbound toward the beltway, also on 50 delays from fairfax circle to the beltway. a crash on 15 and that's tieing up the right side of the road. no problems in montgomery county. slow from the 410 out of riverdale into the northeast. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> our top story this morning, a deadly crash in district heights overnight involving an suv and ambulance. two people were killed. two medics are being treated. stacy cohan has the details. >> reporter: this happened around midnight, this collision between an ambulance and the suv. they do have the suburban involved in the crash up on a flatbed tow truck and they remove it and reopen this roadway. to learn more about what happened, all of the fire investigators had to do was take
now an update on traffic and for that we go to julie wright. >>> not so bad right now if you're at the wilson bridge. the inner loop of the beltway slowing leaving braddock toward 66. and the lanes are open. eastbound 66 tied up as you work in from the virginia visitor's center and nutley street to the beltway. delays on braddock eastbound toward the beltway, also on 50 delays from fairfax circle to the beltway. a crash on 15 and that's tieing up the right side of the road. no problems...
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julie wright has more on the accident and the backups because of it. good morning. >>> this all occurred in the direction of four corners in the direction of the beltway, ladies. and if you are traveling eastbound university boulevard, the lanes are closed right now at the scene of the crash. so again all of the activity down here, this is traffic management center moving the camera, but the eastbound lanes remain closed in the direction of four corners. westbound they do have traffic squeezing by to the rights. and again, this is traffic management moving the cameras around to check out the delays but traffic is heavy and slow through the traffic lights out of white oak and toward four corners. again this is in the eastbound direction of university boulevard, westbound everything remains open. now traveling in the inner loop of the beltway, we've been talking about the accident before old georgetown road involving the tractor-trailer. they finally have gotten most of it pushed over to the right side, right side of the roadway. but the problem was ther
julie wright has more on the accident and the backups because of it. good morning. >>> this all occurred in the direction of four corners in the direction of the beltway, ladies. and if you are traveling eastbound university boulevard, the lanes are closed right now at the scene of the crash. so again all of the activity down here, this is traffic management center moving the camera, but the eastbound lanes remain closed in the direction of four corners. westbound they do have traffic...
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julie wright. >>> we started off at the outer loop with tysons corner with a crash and that's where we find the crew in sky fox. inner loop of the beltway before you reach the exit for route 7 in tysons, that's where we have the accident tieing up the right side of the roadway. it's still there. so we have the two left lanes squeezing by this accident scene with v-dot, ambulance, fire and rescue all on the scene, but the delays beginning back at the springfield interchange. so inner loop of the beltway where they are busy doing the hot lane work, accident activity in the process of being cleared. only the two left lanes getting through. let me show you the impact on the commute. this is the commute off of 95 northbound. and again all of this slow traffic, all of these lanes, the six-lane stretch northbound toward braddock merging into 4, it is gridlocked up to the accident scene at route 7. so it is a miserable commute for you unfortunately. also impacted is 66. jammed up badly from business 234 out of manassas in toward the beltway. a couple of problems along the way after nutley stre
julie wright. >>> we started off at the outer loop with tysons corner with a crash and that's where we find the crew in sky fox. inner loop of the beltway before you reach the exit for route 7 in tysons, that's where we have the accident tieing up the right side of the roadway. it's still there. so we have the two left lanes squeezing by this accident scene with v-dot, ambulance, fire and rescue all on the scene, but the delays beginning back at the springfield interchange. so inner...
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let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright has the latest. >> all right. i think we have the crew in sky fox joining us this morning. right now, they are making the trip off of 95 and headed southbound. problems where we had some problems with the signal lights powder mill drive, that is where we had problems with the signals not working properly. if that happens, you need to treat the intersection as a four way stop. i don't see that going on. this looks pretty much like a free for all as you travel at powder mill road and beltsville drive. you need to proceed with the intersection with caution. the other side of town, we'll take you there live. you will slow leaving university boulevard over to colesville road with no incidents to reported. randolph road at fairland road. eastbound 66 slowing in manassas and again from 50 to 13 and after nutley street to the beltway. >>> we need some help this morning with our radiothon with our partners, mix 10 #.#. >> we are triking to help raise machiney for the children's national medical center. that is where tony p
let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright has the latest. >> all right. i think we have the crew in sky fox joining us this morning. right now, they are making the trip off of 95 and headed southbound. problems where we had some problems with the signal lights powder mill drive, that is where we had problems with the signals not working properly. if that happens, you need to treat the intersection as a four way stop. i don't see that going on. this looks pretty much like a free for...
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julie wright has that. >> coming inbound on the toll road this morning, you will find that the lane are open as you continue in from 28 trying to get through reston an continue out towards the beltway. no problems to report along that stretch. route 7 before you reach the battlefield parkway, accident activity cleared there but on both sides of the beltway, the inner and outer loop, you will find lanes are open. no problems reported again on the dulles toll road. 66, had the crash reported as you make your way past 28 in venterville. we'll take it back inside. the top stretch of the beltway, the outer loop is slowing from university boulevard headed around towards georgia avenue. all of the lanes here are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> back to our breaking news from capitol hill. there has been a shooting possibly involving u.s. capitol police. >> it happened about two hours ago. it is at second and c streets southwest near the department of health and human services building. fox 5's sherry ly is joining us live with the very latest. what have you learned? >> t
julie wright has that. >> coming inbound on the toll road this morning, you will find that the lane are open as you continue in from 28 trying to get through reston an continue out towards the beltway. no problems to report along that stretch. route 7 before you reach the battlefield parkway, accident activity cleared there but on both sides of the beltway, the inner and outer loop, you will find lanes are open. no problems reported again on the dulles toll road. 66, had the crash...
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now, let's get to julie wright and get an update on traffic. >> i just started running and i'm prying to improve my time and one way to improve your time is to get stuck out in the rain when you are running. >> that will do it. i saw some people yesterday afternoon who might have started running as well. >> yeah, but by the time i got home, i was on all fours just crawling back into the house. that is one way to improve your time. we'll talk about the top stretch of the beltway t look pretty good coming out of greenbelt leaving kenilworth avenue and headed for 959 college park. only the right lane getting through to go north on 95. no trouble spots to report at the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the upcoming change in mayors is already having an inpact. the democratic party working to soothe any hard feelings. they started with the unity breakfast. karen gray houston has more. >> reporter: in a heavily democratic town, convincement gray is expected to be the next mayor. he came to the democratic state committee breakfast at israel baptist church to hi
now, let's get to julie wright and get an update on traffic. >> i just started running and i'm prying to improve my time and one way to improve your time is to get stuck out in the rain when you are running. >> that will do it. i saw some people yesterday afternoon who might have started running as well. >> yeah, but by the time i got home, i was on all fours just crawling back into the house. that is one way to improve your time. we'll talk about the top stretch of the...
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. >> let's check in with julie wright who is determined to keep it summer in her world. still wearing the short sleeves. >> i'm not let go without a fight. outer loop of the beltway, you will find some slowdowns traveling westbound 495 leaving university boulevard headed around towards georgia avenue. now, eastbound viers mill approaching first street in the direct of wheaton, we have the accident activity tying up the left side of the roadway. the left lane of two is what is blocked at this point. you will also fine traveling south off of 270 leaving eastbound ien 70 there is a crash. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> now to our top story, repealing don't ask, don't tell. the senate is about to vote on the pentagon's ban on gays serving openly in the military. house already pass a version in may and decembers in the senate should be able to get it through if they can get more 60 votes to stop a republican filibuster. christian leaders including tony perkins of the family research council say it would be a distraction for the military. but some former sol
. >> let's check in with julie wright who is determined to keep it summer in her world. still wearing the short sleeves. >> i'm not let go without a fight. outer loop of the beltway, you will find some slowdowns traveling westbound 495 leaving university boulevard headed around towards georgia avenue. now, eastbound viers mill approaching first street in the direct of wheaton, we have the accident activity tying up the left side of the roadway. the left lane of two is what is...
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let's check in with julie wright now. she has got the latest on any issues that are out there on the roadways. good morning. >> a lot of them. god bless for you standing out there in that rain. here we go. we'll start off on the beltway, the inner loop as you try to work your way over past 270 to old georgetown road. that is where we have the crash involving the tractor-trailer. only the left shoulder is able to get through. big delays well before river road. the crash at falls road just cleared. if you are traveling the beltway out are loop trying to make your way past van dorn street, heavy volume delays continuing to an accident on the inner loop. >>> 95 gridlocked now out of stafford headed up to dale city. 66, trouble in marshall with a crash if the right lane. delays begin back in della plain. on the toll road, accident occurred in the airport lanes at hunter mill road. airport lanes eastbound closed at hunt irmill road. fire and rescue junts responding blocking left lane in the main line. -- fire and rescue units r
let's check in with julie wright now. she has got the latest on any issues that are out there on the roadways. good morning. >> a lot of them. god bless for you standing out there in that rain. here we go. we'll start off on the beltway, the inner loop as you try to work your way over past 270 to old georgetown road. that is where we have the crash involving the tractor-trailer. only the left shoulder is able to get through. big delays well before river road. the crash at falls road just...
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. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> gurvir said she had been gone for two weeks. i didn't get a card or e-mail. >> when you are on vacation, you are on vacation. >> i did not have access to wireless internet and my cell phone didn't work in a lot of spots. >> so, in other words, you just stayed at home. >> that's true. >> welcome back. on the roads this morning, wet pavement is what we're waking up to just about everywhere around our viewing area. if you are traveling southbound, you will find lanes are open out of rockville with no incidents to report but definitely below speed early this morning south of 8 headed out towards the lane divide. we do have the typical slowdown approaching and passing 109. accident activity at 197 second lane from the left. live shot of 66. the gang is all here. wear bunched up as you merge in from 50 fair oaks headed eastbound to 123. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> madgor construction milestones affecting your commute as the woodrow wilson bridge project opened two new rams at the telegraph road interchange over th
. >> let's check in with julie wright. >> gurvir said she had been gone for two weeks. i didn't get a card or e-mail. >> when you are on vacation, you are on vacation. >> i did not have access to wireless internet and my cell phone didn't work in a lot of spots. >> so, in other words, you just stayed at home. >> that's true. >> welcome back. on the roads this morning, wet pavement is what we're waking up to just about everywhere around our viewing area....
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now, let's got an update on traffic with julie wright. >> oh, my goodness. you sound like you are about to bust a button off the suit. >> that would have nothing to do with the weather. my eating habits. >> can you come run with me an beagle bailey. >> i like it. >> on the roads right now. very much a busy commute if you are continuing around towards i- 95 college park. it is backed up from 450 annapolis road around to the scent scene at route one f you are traveling off of route one, trying to come north, it is a tight squeeze there as well. trouble in virginia. this is 359 just north of duke street. two-car fender bender with no help on the scene yet. that is keeping out brake as you travel northbound trying to head north up towards seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> time right now is 7:36. 70degrees out there. still ahead on this friday morning, we'll check out family friendery weekend events. >> and fay lot of people, the weekend is based on sunday's redskins game. the skins looking to complete the texas two-st
now, let's got an update on traffic with julie wright. >> oh, my goodness. you sound like you are about to bust a button off the suit. >> that would have nothing to do with the weather. my eating habits. >> can you come run with me an beagle bailey. >> i like it. >> on the roads right now. very much a busy commute if you are continuing around towards i- 95 college park. it is backed up from 450 annapolis road around to the scent scene at route one f you are...
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now another look at this morning's rush hour traffic with julie wright. >>> outer loop had yet another crash as traffic merges from 95 to the outer loop. outer loop delays from college park into silver spring, with 95 flowing south to the parkway. bwi is better source. past 9, the pace improves toward university boulevard. southbound 270 delays, and on and off the brakes from falls road toward the split. in virginia, no change here, northbound 95 jammed up in the main line out of woodbridge leaving the prince william parkway. slow traffic in springfield, 395 slow to seminary road. on route 1 delays to 123, traffic slows again toward fort belvoir. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> the results are in. vincent gray has won the democratic primary in the race for d.c. mayor. the council mayer chan beat out mayor fenty. with 90% of precincts reporting, matt acland joins us from northwest. >> reporter: it was a long evening for many folks watching this campaign so closely. remember the polls closed at 8:00 last night but we didn't start getting any results until hours later.
now another look at this morning's rush hour traffic with julie wright. >>> outer loop had yet another crash as traffic merges from 95 to the outer loop. outer loop delays from college park into silver spring, with 95 flowing south to the parkway. bwi is better source. past 9, the pace improves toward university boulevard. southbound 270 delays, and on and off the brakes from falls road toward the split. in virginia, no change here, northbound 95 jammed up in the main line out of...
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julie wright will have a look at your on-time traffic coming up after the break. we have temperatures in the region in the 50s and low 60s. [ male announcer ] have something you love doing? cheerios could be your ticket to do it. big time. you could win a once in a lifetime chance to live your passion by choosing from t never-dreamed-possible prizes. from a customized v.i.p. vacation, to a hollywood red carpet experience, to cooking with a celebrity chef, and more. find details on specially marked boxes of cheerios. why cheerios? because whatever you love doing, you'll need a healthy heart to do it. ♪ >>> welcome back. we want to go back for the breaking news out of northwest washington. there is a fire that broke out at an eight-story apartment building on 1th street. sarah simmons tells us seven people have been injured including one person in critical condition. it appears some trash was set on fire or caught fire in a fifth floor stairwell. residents on floors above the fire were told to shelter in place. sarah simmons will join us live during the 5:00 hour.
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i'll have the details on the forecast and julie wright will take a look at your wet roadways coming up in just a couple of minutes. yoee. >>> there is a live look outside. you might not be able to tell. that is the wilson bridge right there. it is 15 minutes in front of 5:00 on this thursday morning and that deluge that tuck are talked about yesterday, it is here. >> yeah, extremely heavy rain across the area. picked over a half inch at reagan national. to the east, we are picking up rainfall rates at an inch plus an hour. the tornado warning has been let to expire near washington. we'll have to watch. all this energy and all of this storminess pushing to the north, really racing to the north. it will be with us through the morning commute, through the morning hours. i think by early afternoon, it will start to taper off. it will be touch and go here for the next several hours. we've got heavy rain gentleman i know. >> be forewarned. let's get to hd radar. we'll get start wade look at all the heavy rain across the area. there are pockets of extremely heavy rain. can you see the
i'll have the details on the forecast and julie wright will take a look at your wet roadways coming up in just a couple of minutes. yoee. >>> there is a live look outside. you might not be able to tell. that is the wilson bridge right there. it is 15 minutes in front of 5:00 on this thursday morning and that deluge that tuck are talked about yesterday, it is here. >> yeah, extremely heavy rain across the area. picked over a half inch at reagan national. to the east, we...
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now, let's get to julie wright and get an update on traffic. >> wait a minute. so now, i got a date with slap shot tonight. is it going to be raining when i come out of the caps game? >> tonight, no, it will not be. we don't like it when we get our tail feathers wet. >> i want slap hot slap shot to be nice -- plus, when rein gets on him, doesn't smell that nice. >> the lane are open here outer loop at colesville road. 95 southbound, the ramp to exit ton eastbound 3 # is now closed buzz of an accident. southbound bw parkway open for business. -- 95 southbound, the ramp to exit eastbound 3 # is now close -- # -- 32 is now closed because of an accident. >>> did the united states conduct industrial sabotage in iran in that is what some are claiming after a cyberattack on the country's nuclear power station. iran says the power plant's computer software was hit by a viral worm capable of seizing control of the plant and exposing top secret information. one expert says the virus is inif he canning 60% country's computers including those at the nuclear power planted. >
now, let's get to julie wright and get an update on traffic. >> wait a minute. so now, i got a date with slap shot tonight. is it going to be raining when i come out of the caps game? >> tonight, no, it will not be. we don't like it when we get our tail feathers wet. >> i want slap hot slap shot to be nice -- plus, when rein gets on him, doesn't smell that nice. >> the lane are open here outer loop at colesville road. 95 southbound, the ramp to exit ton eastbound 3 # is...